Eruption Rate News Today

welcome to bbc news now, 3 hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. we begin with a dramatic volcano eruption in iceland, which is sending lava spewing hundreds of metres into the sky. lets take you straight to these live pictures from south western iceland — as the volcano continues to spew jets of molten lava from a crack in the earth thats now several kilometres long. the area is a volcanic and seismic hot—spot, not far from the capital, reykyavik. experts say the e...

Activity could slow down soon. >> this is the early part of the eruption. especially the second phase with very fluid stuff. the first two or three days the eruption rate is high and then will tail off. >> lava haze is a factor on the island. it is hitting the ocean creating corrosive plumes that contain acid and tiny pieces of glass. the other thing were noticing this morning, hawaii national guard is increasing its resources. there are more trucks lined up out here as well as troops patrolling...

Very fluid. usually the first two or three days the eruption rate is quite high and then will tail off. >> lava haze is a factor here on the island. lava is hitting the ocean creating corrosive plumes that contain acid or tiny pieces of glass. the hawaii national guard are increasing resources out there. more trucks are lined up and one guard member told us theyre in place in the event of a mass evacuation were ordered. jon. >> jon: scary times on the big island. jeff paul, thank you. >> melissa...

In places where the lava breaks through the crust. the hawaiian national guard also shot some video today and it shows some of how the lava flow is really overtaking almost anything in its path. officials believe there is this molten lake up in the kilauea volcano that fell 500 feet earlier in the week, and now that lava or rock is flowing down slope into the leilani neighborhood. >> the eruption rate currently in leilani estates could pick up. so far its been pretty small, but the additional ma...

Within the last 24 hours. sign ties are going nuts! the average eruption rate of the volume aino on -- volcano on a daily basis to put this in context is 250- 650,000 yards of cubic volcanic material a day, that according to the u.s. geological survey. martha: you know, a lot of people go to hawaii just to witness this kind of thing, right? >> thats right, they took their vacations around it and they still can see this to some extent. visitors can see the eruption safely from about a mile and a ...